found in a2 :: bella italia

Bella Italia is not new for my family, but I thought I should give it a shout out for any locals. It's an awesome place for pizza, REAL pizza. It's a true New York/New Jersey style pizzeria, with pizza that tastes so good, you'd swear you were back home.  The calzones are fabulous too! 

Click on the link above to go to the website.  You can call in an order and pick it up for dinner.  It's located in the Colonade shopping plaza on Eisenhower Parkway.

Found in A2 :: Great Plains Burger Company

If you find yourself over on the east side of A2, you should definitely check out Great Plains Burger Co. on Plymouth road.
Food is quick and yummy. Good honest burgers, real fries, and Guernsey milk shakes.

(I'm a sucker for the boxes of fresh potatoes in the hallway.)

The meat tasted great - which is not something you can say about every fast burger. The website claims to procure beef from naturally raised Michigan cows. You're also given the option of turkey or black bean burger option, which people before and after me were also ordering. Everything is served on Zingerman's buns.

(options I chose this afternoon: blue cheese, sauteed onions and sauteed mushrooms)

If you've got a fussy kid, they have the hot dog and grilled cheese option. But with burgers like this, I'd push them to try the special.

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found in A2 :: zingerman's warehouse summer sale

Ann Arborites ::warehouse has a summer sale during their slow season. I'm sorry I didn't report this earlier because there are only two weeks left. Every Friday you can head down to the location on 640 Phoenix Drive in Ann Arbor for the summer sale.



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Last week I got a great deal on iced coffee, bacon, comte, and olive oil that was nearly half off. The prices definitely make the drive worthwhile.

Also if you request to get put on their mailing list, you will receive an email earlier in the week with what they have on sale that Friday.

Found in a2 :: comet coffee

THE best cappucino in town. Foam so smooth it'll give you goosebumps. This is not a mass marketed dumbed down coffee experience. Clearly the goal at Comet coffee is excellence, no, superiority. And they have achieved it.

Check them out in Nickels Arcade.





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Found in a2 :: Tomukun noodle

Dumplings


Hiyashi tempura soba


Pho deluxe

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FOUND in A2

I'd like to start a new running thread about food finds in Ann Arbor. For those locals who read, some of these will not be new to you even though they are to me. I often find that I've come upon a small treasure that I would love to share. The Last Bite provides me an excellent platform to do just that. I will try to include a picture in order to entice you. But as this week's post will show, that's not always possible if my camera is left at home. Or if someone in my house eats it first.

Found in A2 #1
Who are you Sweet Caroline? Your faux-reos haunt me. Sweet, old fashioned and even gritty (I mean this in a good way) icing in between two fabulously chocolatey wafers. If you have any left after a couple days, I think they even improved with time. This is how oreos tasted back in the 80s before they took the trans fat out.

Check them out at the counter of Sparrow Market in Kerrytown. Buy twice as many as you think you want. Just leave one for me.